Josef Hofmann
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Josef Casimir Hofmann was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor.
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Hofmann as a young man at the keyboard
Hofmann in 1916
Josef Hofmann playing solos in the Metropolitan Opera House gala on November 28, 1937, the 50th anniversary of his American debut.
Glenn Gould
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Glenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist and broadcaster. Regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, he was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Ba
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…By the early 1930s, Hofmann had become an alcoholic but he retained exceptional pianistic command throughout this decade; Rudolf Serkin and a young Glenn Gould have recounted magical impressions created on them by Hofmann's concerts in the middle and late 1930s. After his departure from the Curtis Institute…
Gould c. 1961
Gould with his teacher, Alberto Guerrero, at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, in 1945. Guerrero demonstrated his technical idea that Gould should "pull down" at the keys instead of striking them from above.
Gould in February 1946 with his dog, Nicky, and his parakeet, Mozart
Replica of Gould's piano chair